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Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
TOM O'BRiEN ANGRY.
He Denies the Assertion that He
Slapped a Woman.

Slapped a Woman.
Tom O'Brien, the we'll known hack
man, was not in pleasant humor last
evening, which is something unusual, for
the smiles generally play around his
Grecian.cut features like butterflies
among the blossoms. The cause of his
ire was that the newspapers had stated
he had struck q woman at a road house
on Sunday night. Tom puts up his
strong right hand and doth solemnly af-
finn that such was not the case. He says
that he and brother hackman named
Dave Benton went northward on Sunday
morning for days pleasure. They were
at the Lake house and then came to
Hills road house. Here he
invited the entire party to drink
CITY. Just after the Here's to you' had
lost its echo amid the gaudy frescoes of
the palatial bar room, and ceased to
play resonant tattoo on the detessellated
floor, a man appeared in the doorway.
He advanced not across the portals, but
called one of the nymphs. AS soon rs
she approached, the stranger made some
insulting remark, and knocked the glass
of Gambrinus nectar from her hand
Then some rich, rare and racy conversa-
ton followed. O'Brien seemingly beng
the only man with money in the party
ordered on another round of liquids.
The man at the door told the woman
by his side that she must not
drink She said she would, whcreupon
he struck her IN the face. Then the
Irish blood of O'Brien became hot and
he downed the woman hitter in great
style. The latter arose and presented a
gun and fired. Luckily it was a blank
cartridge or there would have been a
wake. O'Brien, being unarmed, re-
ran pell nell out of the bar-room. The
stranger approached the door with a re
volver in each hand and fired four shots
at Tom. Luckily none took effect. This
man is said to be rip snorter from Rapid
City, Oak. This, O'Bricn says, is the true
version of the affair.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
OMAHA'S 1.-TWO"
Departure of tho Typographical Del.
egutes to Buffalo.

Departure Of the Typographical Del.
egates to Buffalo.
This evening Messrs. j, Il. Lewis and w.
II. Gonsolus, of Typographical union No.
100, delegates to the International con-
vention, leave for Chicago, wnen, after a
short relay, they will start for Buffalo, N.
r., the place of meeting, 1t is unneces-
sary TO state that the representatives will
do the craft and the city credit, and act
their part well III one OF the most i'm
portant typographical conventions ever
held in this country. Both are young,
active, thorough going men, who have
the confidence of as fine n constituency of
printers as there is in the United States,
and there can be little doubt of the favor
able impression Omaha's representa-
tives will make on the conyen.
ton. Several invitations have already
been received by Messrs. Lewis and
GOnsolus to excursions, feats, etc, and
there is but little doubt but that the peo-
pie OF Buffalo intend to treat the visiting
delegates right royalty. The Buffalo
Printing Ink company will give them an
excursion on Sunday next down the
Niagara river with a collation. at Sheen
water. AS an indication of the import
ance with which the Omaha influence is
regarded, it need only be mentioned that
they have received hundreds of letters
from delegates all over the union re-
questing their opinions on certain i'm.
portant questions which will come be-
fore the convention. Omaha is now re-
cal matters west of St. Louis, and it is
certain to make its strength felt with
such delegates rs Messrs. Lewis and
GOnsOluS,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
CARRIES IL AS A CHARM.
General George w. Harrington's En-
field Dullet and Its History.

General George w. Harrington, of the
Stein manufacturing company, of Roch-
ester, n. Y, Is in the city, and carries
suspended from his watch chain an En-
field rifle bullet, neatly set in gold. The
bullet was shot into it's possessors anat-
omy in the second days fight at Gettys
burg, when he was leading cavalry
charge of the First division of the Army
of the Potomac. II passed through his
left lung and through one of his kidneys,
lodging behind that organ. Seven weeks
ago it was cut out by DR.. Livermore in
Chicago by an operation that was both
skillful and dangerous.
r. Although troubled at various times by
the presence of the bullet, suffering occa-
sional hemorrhages, General Harrington
did not experience serious effects until
three months ago. In cndcavoring to
cross the Missouri river in Il small boat,
below St Joseph, a cake of ice struck the
skiif and overturned it. All aboard had
to struggle ashore. In the extraordinary
endeavors which he made on that occa-
sion General Harrington tore the bullet
thereafter suffered such cxcruciating
pain he had to submit to the dangerous
operation.
General Harrington has so many
friends in Omaha that the peculiar Incl
dent possesses almost local interest.
He passed through Omaha with Gen
eral Albert Sidney Johnston in the
expedition against the mormons. and
since then has frequently visited the city,
of occasions. lie is rapidly recovering
his health and is glad to be rid of the
ounce of lead he carried nearly 4 quarter
of 4 century.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Bits of Philosophy.


Every farm should own good farmer.
-Beecher.
How much the wife is dearer than the
brIde.-l.yttleton.
The way of every man is declaratiye of
the end of every man.-Cecil.
Angels do not toll, but let their good
works grow out of them.-Hawthorne
Receive yorr thoughts as guests; your
desires as children.-From the Chinese.
Only the dead can tell what death has
been. 1t may have been many times-an
ecstasy.-Mrs. Whitney.
Three essentials to false story teller
good memory, q bold face and fools for
an audience. From the Welsh.
Compliments are Il coin that people
pay man to his face; sarcasm, what
they pay him behind his back.-Home
Journal.
No city bred man has any business to
expect satisfaction in pure country life
for two months, unless he has genius
for legislature and even laziness.-
Beecher.
Man has subdued the world, but woman
has subdued man. Mind and muscle have
won his victories; love and loveliness
have gained hers.-Gail Hamilton.
Disorder in drawing room is vulgar;
in an antiquary's study, not; the black
battle stain on soldiers face is not
vulgar, but the dirty face of housemaid
is.-Rnskin.
Ridcule is like blow with the fist; wit,
like the prick of needle irony, like the
sting of u thorn; and humor, the plaster
which heals all these wounds. From the
German.
The first wealth is health. Sickness is
poor spirited; it must husband its re-
sources in order to live. But health an
runs over and mandates the creeks and
nelghborhoods of other mems necessity.
Emerson. .'. - '~'''
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.
An Effort to Open a Big Trade Be
trvaon Naayicn INF nm,b

An Effort to Open n Big Trade Be
tween Mexico and Omaha.
George johnson, secretary of the Mex
lean Commercial exchange of St. Louis,
arrived in this city yesterday on mis-
sion which seems worthy of the con-
Iideration of Omaha business men. His
aim is to induce Omaha Wholesale men
to make an effort for II portion of the
Mexican trade especially now since the
Missouri Pacific has direct communca-
tion with this city and its rates have been
reduced. Mexico has removed all tariff
from imports from the United States,
letting it remain standing as regards
other countries. Thus il is that English
exporters are now shipping their wares
to st. Louis so as to have them get to
Mexico more cheaply than by direct
merce law of course has no effect beyond
the Rio Grande, and consequently Mexico
is Offering all inducements possible for
shipments of merchandise from this
country in return for its exports of hide,
wool, palm oil, gold, silver, etc. The
Omaha smelling works are members of
this exchange already, and are dong q
big business in Mexico.
Mr.. johnson also represents the FL Co.
mercio del Vallethe Commerce of the Val
ley) the leading Mexican trade organ Of
the west which will be printed in the Span
ish language. st. Louis and Kansas City
are numerously represented. and only one
more city is needed and that is Omaha.
An effort will be made to obtain member
ships for the exchange which now has
$50 members .and is under the manage.
mont of the Hon. John +. Cahill, consul
of the Mexican republic at st. Louis and
editor of the journal named.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
ADJUSTMENTS. a
IANGTRY,

IANGTRY.
There was a big rush for Langtry seats
at the Boyd box Office yesterday morning.
She appears tonight in "a Wifes
Peril, =" and the indications point to one
of the largest houses of the season.
THE IDEALS,
The Ideal Comedy company opened
weeks engagement at Mctz's summer
garden last night in new musical
comedy entitled Bubbles The audi.
cnce present manifested their approval
of the good music, funny situations, etc,
by frequent applause. Miss Kitty Arden,
the star of the company, acquitted her
self creditably as did also Miss LiEde-
man, of German theater fame. Messrs.
Mcdonald, Miles, Nigas and Weed, were
very good, in fact the entire cast lent
able support and should good weather
favor the company their engagement
Will surely prove n successful one. Same
bill tonight with entirely new music.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Brought to Time.

Saturday last William KinKaid. the
we'll known railroad contractor, had n
horse stolen from his camp near Flor
ence. He pursued the thief as soon as
he was informed of the affair. Riding
night and day he came upon the thief a
few miles southwest of Elkhorn station,
in this county. The display of very
neat little revolver caused the man to
abandon his Illegally obtained property
and to skip over the prairie grass like an
antelope. Kinkald returned home with
his horse. The man s name was Cannon.
Here is a case where the revolver was
mightier than the Cannon.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Wal, paper and Wall Paint.

For parlOrs the fashionable colors in
paper for this season are usually almost
white. In some cases pure white forms
the ground. The most elegant varieties
include one in silk. formed by uniting
this material to paper background and
then printing the design. 1t is $24 roll,
or about So a yard.
A lace paper in white is among deli
cately effective wall hangings. 1t is
suited to the boudor or to the decorated
walls of dainty chambers. For more
simply decorated chambers large use is
made of papers in soft pink or in light
blue, with frcsco tintlngs carried out in
corresponding tones.
Another style shows designs of Renais-
sance character in white on neutral
tinted ground like gray or olive. The
impulse in the direction of Louis XIV
and Louis XVI styles has not diminished
the requirement for English wal! papers.
These are used as in recent years with
either the scintillating effects of mica
backgrounds or in quieter tones.
Another channel has been widcncd for
the industry of wall decoration. The
work OF mural painters is now limited to
public buildings.
Many walls are now painted in the
lower stories of dwelling houses. In
many cases the painting is on canvas ap-
piled IN panels to walls and ceiling.
The simplicity of painted walls is the
secret of their good effect. An approved
piece of work of this character executed
at Newport is illustrated. This is the de-
white and yellow. The dado, extended
to the height of the frieze, is formed in
square panels in enamel white The
frieze shows on yellow background a
delicate scroll design in relief in fiat
white. The ceiling, arranged with the
effect of being slightly covered, Is CEN
tired by an oval in robins egg blue. The
ter with the frieze in scroll work, the fiat
white forming q harmonious contrast
with the enamel white of the wainscoted
wall.
Rich arrangements are introduced
with decoration in white and gold, which,
to be tolerable must be exquisite. The
style is desirable because it is worked out
with care and by hand Knowing ones
are horrlfied by degradations of fanc-
representative of severe taste asserts,
"should be in Louis XVI style; but to
take kitchen chair paint it in white
| and gold, and put couple of bows on it
| is dreadful-horrid, horrld."
Caprice, nevertheless, to much further
| lengths supplants noble conformity TO
| law. The periwig or pigtail style, which
| grew out of the Rococo under the foster
| ing care of Louis XIV pervades IN spots.
Says the Buffalo Courier: Although
the fact Is not generally known, many OF
| the homes in Buffalo are rich in curios
| from every part of the world. In one
residence is tall Dutch clock, found by
| its pre2ant pOssessor in a remote part OF
| Norway, sot far from the North Cape
| Among other ingenius attachments it
| hac Oh tafn OH hot in In tyua yn "A /
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Coffee Statistics,

Europe and the United States for tho
past four years have absorbed over
II 100000 bags of coffee per year, while
the average yield of the world has been
about 100000 bags. All the old sur
plus has been more than used up, and
short crop is staring the trade in the
face. Last years crop of Rio and Santos
We're 5000, 900 bags; Java, 1850, 900 bags;
total, 7,250. 900 bags. This year Rio and
Santos crops are 1900, 900 bags; Java,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Small Eight.

There was miniature battle of the
Boyne at new saloon just opened at
Florence on Sunday night. At one time
it looked as if the 'croppies" would have
to lie down sure. The proprietor asserted
himself with two large revolvers, and the
railroad graders who We're in the melee
became somewhat meek. The appear
ance, however, of a prominent railroad
contractor settled the whole difficulty and
no blood was spilled.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31

Apparently Texas has \ genuine case
of wild man. He appeared perfectly
naked, carrying an ak, and chasing
every person he saw. lie laughed "a
wild, hoarse laugh" and, straddiing u
cross-tie, ioated down the Dublin river,
yelling and laughing, That night he was
capturned IN a fodder house and now
lies in the Fort Worth jail
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Bohemian Turner's.

Next month there will be convention
of all the Bohemian turner's in the world
Mt Prague. 1t will be one of the most
prominent athletic events known in
modern times. A large number of dele
gates passed eastward today for Chicago,
whence a special train will convey them
to New York. On Saturday they will sail
by special steamer to Brooklyn. Nebraska
sends several delegates. Mr.. Moravic
being the representative from this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
HE'D RATHER NOT BE- KNOWN.
A Gentleman Who Admires Mrs Langtry,
But Not the Newspapers.
OMAHA AND MEXICO TRADE.
Efforts to Place IL on n Commercial
Basis-A Survivor of Rebel
Bullet and n Dangerous
Operation.
A Much Talked-of Man.

Mrs. Lily Langtry will arrive in Omaha
this morning and will appear at the
opera house this evening in "A Wife's
Peril" By II strange coincidence there
Is already in the city gen tleman who
has heretofore received a notoriety which
he regards far from enviable in connec-
tion with Mrs. Langtry's previous tour
in this country. This gentleman is Mr..
Harry Oelrichs, of Oelrichs, ID. r.. mana
ger of the Anglo American Cattle com
pany, and one of the most thoroughly
enterprising and best known cattlemen
OF the west.
Mr.. Oelrichs is an old acquaintance of
Mrs. Langtry, having known her before
she aspired to hOnors before the foot
lights. He met her ut Cheyenne when
she arrived there three years ago on
her transcontinental trip and accom-
panied her to the coast. The gossps and
the enterprisng newspaper reporters
made gay lothario out of him and
clothed him IN the ideal garb of the COW
man of the plans, dubbing him Mrs.
Langtry's cowboy lover" before whose
tmpetuous, wild western way of wooing
Freddy Gebhardt's polished hauteur-
esque style of lovemaking paled into
most insignificant moonbcams. The Po-
lice Gazette finally pictured it all out
The truth Is that Mr.. Oelrichs is from
one OF the knickerbocker families of New
York City, and is most highly cultivated
and polished gentleman. He stands
six feet one inch when he lifts up
his head and weighs 22O pounds.
physical development. and knows how to
take care of himself on foot or in the
saddle.
He was very indignant over the stories
published concerning him by the San
FRANCISCO papers, and subsequently re-
published by many other journals. One
funny feature of 1t was that the Demo
cratic Leader of Cheyenne, in which MIR.
Oelrlchs held 5000 stock, gave special
publicity to the reprinted articles. Mr..
Oelrichs drove into the city the next day
and gave his stock away to Dave Miller,
jeweler of Cheyenne. Miller being a
personal friend of the proprietor of an
opposition paper, the Sun, presented part
Ie,dor the was stock Sorr;oS to him. nnod das Ihe
before the management succeeded IN
buying the stock up.
1t is stated that Mrs Langtry likes
howers. Mr.. Oelrich's wouldn't confess
1t. but he could tell a good story about
that particular taste of the Lily if he
wanted to. An itemized bill in the court
records at Cheyenne shows that New
York florist collected the modest sum of
$3.50 from Mr.. Oelrichs tor floral tokens
during the brief season the latter was
gaining the sobriquet of the cowboy
lover"
1t is a somewhat strange coincidence, it
may again be remarked, that Mr..
Oelrichs is in Omaha at this particular
time. but that is only coincidence he
assured reporter last evening, as his
business called him here, and he will
leave for Lincoln to-day.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Euuinc Ecccntricity.

Yesterday Joe Witherow was driving
his spirited horse up Sixteenth street and
at the same time leading another horse
behind the buggy. The latter horse be-
came frightened at the asphalt steam
roller and jumped into the rear part of
the buggy, upsetting it and nearly caus-
ing a serious runaway. Mr.. Witherow
jumped to the ground and very fortunate
Iy saved himself from injury. The vehicle
was badly smashed.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
A Postal Clerks Haul.

VIENNA, May s0.-A postal clerk named
Zalenski absconded with registered letters
containing bank notes to the amount Of
S75,000
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
The Blue and Gay to Mingle.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, May S0-A grand In
ter-state reunion of union and confederate
soldiers will be held here next September, a
week before the assembling of the national
encampment under the auspices OF the
Grand Army.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, May SO.-Three
men We're killed and dozen or so badly in
jurcd by the explosion of a boiler in the ele
vatOr at the foot of Thirtieth street this
morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
An Ohio CYCLONE.

UPPER SANDUsKY. o., May 30.--A cyclone
passed over here this afternoon doing great
the Catholic church, 200 feet high, was blown
over and the front OF the church wreck
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
The Skin yas DRINK Ton

MoNoNGAHELA CITY. Pa, May 30.-A
skif containing three miners capsiZed in the
river this afternoon, and the men were
drowned All were intoxicated.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31
CAUGHT WITH THE TICKER.
George Brown and Mitch. Fleming
Accused OF Stealing n Watch.

George Brown and Mitch. Fleming
Accused OF Stealing n Watch.
Mrs. G. Stuart and Miss Mary Fisher,
residing at 1908 Douglas street, snugly
esconsed themselves in hack driven by
George Brown, at 10:30 last night, and
We're driven to q saloon on Fifteenth
street, where they were met by another
man and the Quartette sat down to a table
in a wine room to enjoy small bottle
At 11;45 o'clock Mrs. Stuart and Miss
Fisher were anXIouSly hunting a police
man. They found Officer Dick Burdlsh,
to whom Mrs. Stuart stated that she had
been robbed by the two men of a gold
watch valued at $125.
Officer Burdlsh kept his eyes open for
hackman who answered de-
soon found Brown He took took the the
latter aside and whispered IN his
ear that he would like to see the watch.
Brown said he didn't know anything
about it, but subsequently owned to hay
ing it, and went to the hack where it was
concealed under the seat. He, claimed
that Mitch Fleming. of No. hooks, of
the fire department., was the man who
gave it to him to keep until it should be
called for. Fleming could not be found
last night. Brown was locked up.
School Election Convention Delegates
The Fourth Ward Republican club held
a meeting in Germania hall last evening
at which the president Mr.. Webster, oc
cupied the chair. The following dele
gates to the republican convention to
nominate school board candidates were
chosen: Il. Hancy, X. w. Breckenridge,
+. Whlteham +. f. Moores, IL. L. Clark,
T. j. Crea and II. Kinniston. AS altern-
ates j. A. Wakefield, M. Goldsmith and
n. Shelton were chosen.
Messrs Remission and Nicholas were
elected as judges, and +. Whlteham and
James Carpenter as clerks for the
primaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-31

Mary Stewart, negro woman of Talia-
ferro county, Georgia, has invented car
coupler that is said to be simple and
about perfect She says that the idea
came to her like dream and she made a
model, according TO her vision, out of old
"oyster cups" Mrs. Stewart was the
first slave born to Alexander II. Stevens.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-02
Overstudy Among Children

DR. William A. Hammond read Il pl-
per on Brain Forcing in the Z lur4tiou
Of Children recently. II t,l ofa litIp
girl brought to him one day. afflicted
with 81 Nttu,' dance She had been To
school and in her book bag she hl an
English grammar, an arithm .tic, a .c-
o-.aphy, history OF the United States.
an astronomy. Temperance physiology
and hygiene, a French GRAMMAR. q French
reader and a treatise un general science.
These subjects She was expected % maS-
ter At home in six hours, if she gave the
needed timc to 81 ep, to eating, 10 dress
ing and 10 recreation Continuing. hc
said She had learned all these things.
she was spending her brain capital act
her brain income. intellectually bank
ruptcy was staring her in the face. We
are living too mucii IN tn" reign %, tlc
schooimaster. The brain oj 50 raj'd at
seven years Is larger ia ir0por,ipp q, It's
body than is the brain Of au adult. for
'A-A't AlAtt az tttt tl'tll 'it- 'III 'lll.'t~t'
in size. Cai,lren ia th..r .ir,. tea vstrs
ought 20 learn solely throngn the oriin-
arv use of their senses. la child does
not look a; Il book until ha is ten years
old be- will learn to read quicker than
the child who studied bis letters at three.
Laws prevent physical oycrtaNuion Of
children why not their intellectual
overtaNatiou2 Memory is not kaWoledce.
Because childr2n rcyiJe We does Dot
mean that they understand. They re-
cite by rote. s. 30 parrots Such culti-
yation Of memory veakeps the Brain
powers. How much better il would be
if We had a,ure Object teaching. What
idea can a child get from Dr. JohHsou's
definition of network riieu.ated
structure with int ,rstices between inter
sections" There is too much examining
in the schools in spite oi an the teaching
| confess 90 . strong sympathy with the
intelligent truant. We must remcin-
Der that mans brain differs vastly from
a woGa.-, brain. They ought not to
have the same education until they have
the same kind Of brain aad the same
kind Of nervous systen,-N Z. fr.aar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-02

1t is a Curious Fact.

That the body is now more susceptible
to benefit from medicine than atany 9th
or season Hence the inpoitanee Of tax
idg Hoods SarSapariIla now. when it viii
do you the most good. II is really won
derfui for purifying and cnrichiug the
blood, creating an appetite, and giving a
healthy tone to the whole system. BE
sure 10 gel lIood's sarsaparilla, which is
peculiar 10 itself